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Letters Patent No2 93,748, dated ugastl7 11869; antedated ri'urg'ust 12, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part df the same.

To all whom. 'it 'may concern Be it known that I, JOHN L. REMLYINGER, of Providence, in the county of Providence, and State of Rhode 'Island-have invented a new and improved Button- Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theI art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming palt of this specification, in which- Figures l'and 2 are side views of my improved button-fastening, showing the parts in dilerent positions.

Figures 3 and 4 are inverted plan views of the same.

Similar letters of .reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has for its object the construction of a simple device forretaining buttons, studs, 85e., on shirts and other articles of wearing-apparel.

The invention consists of two L-shaped plates, of which one projects from the under side ofthe button, while the other is pivotedv to it, so as to swing freely. The fixed plate is slotted, to allow the swinging plate to lit through it. yThe parts separate in such manner that the fastening can be readily iitted-through a button-hole, when they-will automatically expand to secure the button to the fabric. A

A, in the drawing, represents a button, of suitable size and description.

From its under side projects an Lshaped plate, B,

which is rigidly attached to the button.

To the vertical arm a of the plate B is hinged or pivoted another plate, C, which is also shaped similar to the letter L, and slotted, 'asshowm i The end of the plate B is fitted through the slot of the plate C.

lVhen the button is to be fastened to a shirt or other for the purpose specified.

article, the plate Gis swung up as far as possible, as in fig. 1. The end of the plate B will 'then he flush with'the-outer face of C. The end of the plate C is then tted through the button-hole, and with it, the p end of the plate B.

. After the end'of B has passed through the hole, theplate C is being gradually swung down, as its upper part is too far apart from the plate B to allow it to get through the hole..l Therefore the parts are automatically forced into the position shown in'iig. 2, with their lower` arms nearly in line. When the plates are in this latter position, the plate B should lrest against the inner end of the slot in C, and an enlargement may be formed on the side of' B, to constitute a spring-catch, for retaining the parts in this position, in which the button is firmly fastened to the garment.

The plates B and C may be wide, as in tig. 3, or quite narrow, as in g. 4.

The plate B may be slotted instead of C, so that the latter would work within B, in which case'the op eration would remain the same.

Having thus described my invention,

-I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Y The automatic button-fastening, consisting of the L- shaped plates B C, one being rigidly fastened to the button, and the other hinged to the side of the first, below the nndersurface of the button, and either provided with a slot, as herein shown and described,

JOHN L.' REMLINGER.

ritnesses J onlyY F, Tnnsoor'r, HENRY D. MARCY. 

